Can-labeling machine.



` G. F. RUSS.

` GAN LABELI-NG MACHINE.' l APPLIOATON FILED DEO. 2, 1908. 938,897, Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

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G. P. RUSS. CAN LABELING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED DEo.2.19oa

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

4 SHEETS-SHEET G. IE'. RUSS. GAN LABBLIN'G MAGHINB! APPLICATION FILED DEO.2,1908.

938,897. Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

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UNTTED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

GEORGE F. RUSS, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNQR T0 RUSS AUTOMATIC LABEL- INGCO., 0F NEVI YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OFAIDELAWRE.

CAN-LABELING MACHINE.

specification of Letters raient. Patented'laoy, 2, 1909,

appiicaaon inea December a, isos. serial no. 465,733.

r b all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. Russ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement tion are progressively fed into the machine and guidedv by suitable devices; they are moved one at a time into engagementwith suitable revoluble devices for receiving the .c label; the labels are supported in a superposed pile and are removed one at av time rom the bottom of the pile and fed between' rollers where the upper surface receives a coating of adhesive material. As, pasted thel label is advanced over a platform to a predetermined. position above similar arms of corresponding revoluble series, and itis then raised orl up-ended into a vertical osition by said arms with the advancing en,l of the label over-lying a roller and in the athl vott In the drawing,

the forwardly moving can to'be labe ed. As ,the can comes 'into'position and is enga ed.

by the revoluble' devices, the end of the la el is in practical Contact with the can and with the rotation of the can is rolled onto and into Contact with the same, or inother words, secured around the cylindrical and upright surface of the can or other article. The cans `and labels successively arrive at their respective positions simultaneously, and after being labeled the cans or other articles are removed in any desired manner.

The details of the apparatus and the operation ot thesame are hereinafter more particularly described.

Figure 1 is a plan view and artial section representing generally the evices of my invention, the paste trou h being removed. Fig. 2 is an elevation rokenroil' at one end s owing the parts illustrated iii-Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation "partly in section at the right hand end of of cans or other v'tween them.

. and placed in order pr Figs. l and 2. Fig. 4 is an elevation and cross section on about the dotted line of Fig. 1, looking toward the right hand. Fig. 5 in largersize is a cross section onthe dotted line :v1 w1 of Fig. l. Fig. 6 in larger size is a section at the dotted line y, y, of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is an elevation and cross section illustrating the cani and devices-actuated thereby for turning the corresponding revoluble series of arms, and Fig. is a diagrammaticv plan of the devices sup ortin the 11p-ended pasted label and the lablel as eing attached to the can.

a represents a platform of suitable material, preferably of metaloccupying a horizonta plane above and below which and also through which certa-in of the lparts operate in advancing the cans, supportin pasting and. advancing the labels and labe in the cans orother articles.

represents the cans or other similar articles, with the cylindrical portions in plan and the cans restin on one dat end. Supported vuponthis p atformv the guide a1 is shown as bent and as -fxedto the plat-form, while the guide a2 vspaced apart from the guide a? a distance, ual to sli' htly more than the diameter .of t e cans is xed to the platform a in an adjustable relation by the employment of the slotted feet 2 and clamping nuts 3. These guides may be of any desired length to receive any desired numberI articles to be labeled be- I prefer toemplOy' a conveyerc at one end running around the roller 01 and coming from a distance, the upper ortion of the conveyer c ruiming between t e guides a1 a2 for bringing the cans to the machine and progressing the cans supported upon .the platform toward .the forwardingl devices.

a and a4 represent fixed guides in line with one another, the one coming at the forwarding side of the labeling devices and the .100'

other at the delivery side of said devices, and @represents a slot in this platform through which the forwarding devices move and are guided.

cl represents a power shaft in suitable bracket ybearings 5 and v6 connected tothe,- under side of the platform a or in any other desired manner. e f and are cams mounted upon and secured to t is power 'shaft i ssively from vthe right to thefleft hand of 1 and 2.

7 represents'a fixed su port with a pivotpin 8 at the upper endgereof, to which is connected an arm f1. This arm carries a roller 9 moving over the surface of the cam f. A spring 10 performs the oflice of holding the roller 9 against the surface of the cam connecting the part h and base f -face of thel in every position of the cam so as to swing the arm f1 andthe parts connected thereto for the purpose of moving the cans or other articles rogressively and in rotation toward the labeling devices.

AAt the upper end of Athe arm f1 is a link ivotally connected to a sliding pusher which moves through and is guided by the slot 4 in the lplatform a. This sliding pusher comprises an upper portion h, an adjustable face h1, and inte ral edge-guard h2, an adjustable base f aving a rib part passing into the slot 4 and movable therein, and rollers fa 'adapted to bear against the under surlatform. The art h is'slotted to receive a olt haemploye foradjustably The upright rtionv of the part h is horizontally slott for a bolt which adjustabl connects the part h and face h1. The lower ace of the usher h `slides over the faceof the plat-- orm; the part la, has a transverse sliding movement to position the edge-guard h which comes against the first can of the cans in line between the guides so as. to hold the cans back, hand this-*guard can be ad justed as described for slight differences in the width of the cans. The adjustable face h1 pushes the cans forward one at a time and by the bolt hf and stop in the part h its surface may be positioned so as to brin each can with each movement'into exactly t ie de sired position upon the circular platform 11 hereinafter' described; the movement of the cans being from the position Fig. 1, over the platform to the circular platform z'; the cam f with each revolution movin the can pusher or advancing device bac into the position Fig. 4, to take a fresh can and permitting the spring 10 -as it revolves to re. move the arm f" and the pushing devices with the cans into place so as to deliver the cans one at a time upon the said circular platform A bracket 12, (see particularl Fig. '4)' is suitably secured to and depen s from the I A under surface of the platform a anu the same is provided with several spaced apart bear ingsl for the upright-shafts l and k.

he circular" platform z' is received in a circular opening in the main platform a and is mounted'upon the upper end of the -shaft Hand on the lower end of the shaft z" -is the: cup member 2 of a clutch, while on the upper member of the' shaft k is acone' member la* of a clutch the cup /and cone members-bein adapted to frictionally engage so that t e4 revolution ofthe shaft Ic' 1s at willcommunicated to the shaft and.

power shaft d', I

pivot 14 to a projection of the bracket 5., .v

On one end of this rocker-arm e1 is a roller bearing upon the surface of thevcam e. A rod e2 1s connected by a ivot 15 at itsv lower end to the opposite end) ofthe rocker-arm e1. This rod e2 occupies a vertical position and passes through the platform a and to this rod e2 rocker-arms es e* are respectively connected, .These rocker-arms e* are pivotally mounted to the lower and upper ends of a bracket d1 secured to the surface of the platform; the rocker-arm c coming below the platform and the rockerarm e* at the upper'end of the bracket. This bracket ail -is provided withA a bearing sleeve (l2. The lower rockerarm e3 is forked at its free end and provided with rollers 16. The free end of the upper rocker-arm e1 Ais also forked and provided with rollers. In thebearin sleeve (Z2 of the bracket d1 is a short sha carrying a presser-head 17 at its lower end and a grooved collar 18-at its upper end, the groove' of the collar receiving the rollers on the free forked end of the rocker-arm e. The function performed by the parts just described in connection with the cam e is to raise the platform z' by the rocker-arm, e and its roller 16 and' disconnect the clutch member 2 from the clutch member lc" and sto the rotation of the circular platform i.

whereby the'rotation of the power siaft isf' communicated throuvh the said gear wheel and spiral ear to te shaft 20, thespiral gears 19 an k2 to continuously revolve the shaft la.

The cam g on' the power shaft d herein.

before referred to, actuates a. rocker-arm q1 pivotally connected'to a bracket 2l depending from the platform a.- This rocker-arm g1 is hung at about the center and is provided with a roller on one end engaging the surface ofthe cam g and at its other end it is pivotally connected to a link g".

A shaft Z mounted in suitablrbearings 26 secured to the under side of the main platform a is ratchet wheel l1 and with a awl rocker g,

which at one end is pivotal y connectedto lthe upper end of the link g* and the re-v provided 'near one end withv a`- oss-gse? spective ends of this 'pawl rocker g3 carry V'spring actuated pawls 25 which engage the teeth of the ratchetwheel ZL;- therefore with the rotation of the power shaft L and cam g the rocker-arm g1 is swung and the linkg2 is moved up and down to actuate the pawl rocker g3 and the' ratchet wheel l1/and rotate the shaft Z by quarter turn movements regularly and progressively. Upon this sli-aft 3 are secured suitable hubs from each ofJ which radiate arms m m1 m2. These are in revoluble series, and the arms as shown particularly in Fig. 3, are'arranged sub stantially tangentially to the periphery of the hubs. rllhere areetherefore four arms from each hub, and as will be appreciated from the drawings, notwithstanding the fact that-the shaft Z is below the level ou pasted thereon.

plane of the platform rz., the advancing edge of the arms thereof, one at a time, comes upon the level of the platform aand the platform as will appear froniFig. 1, is provided' with grooves to receive these arms. There is another series of arms mounted on the shaft 2 willy appear from the right hand of Fig. 1, and these are the frame-arms n of different form' and each provided with u roller n? in bearings at the respective ends of the arms, and upon thc outer faces o'f the arms2 and the parts are so arranged and positioned that the axis of each of the roll-- ers in a vertical position agrees with the vertical plane of the axis of the revoluble devices receiving the 'can or other receptacle and turning the same While the label is This will appear partielllarly from the posit-ibn' of the parts shown in Figs. 1 and 3;

Eaclrof the arms of the' series-m4n1 and m2 carries a' 'pin 27 and between these series l:of arms 4senxured to and standing upri ht from the plat-form a are rods 28, vthe o `ce of which is hereinafter. described.

l provide a receptacle composed of a side 29 and end 30 for the superposed pile of labels o, and also provide series of adjustable stops 31 which carry the upright pins 32, said pins coming at the opposite sides of the pileof superposed labelsfand theside) and ,end 30, so that the labels are conned within prescribed limits. These sto )s 31 me to be turned around to'open up the receptacle in inserting the pile of labels.

U on theshaft o1 in suitable bearings se,- cure tothe under side of the main platform or are segments o2. The periphery of each segment is preferably surfaced w1th a material such as rubber, and the main platform a is cut away so as to ermitv these segments with the revolution o the shaft o" to come against the under surface of the labels/at the forward edge so as to engage the lower-most label and advance thesame pullingl the label out from the bottom of the pile. This shaft o* and segments o are .actuated from the shaft Z by a pair of bevel Wheels 33 and a ,pair of gear Wheels 311 shown by dotted lines Fig. 1 as beneath the main platforms. I provide rollers r r1, the roller 7 in suitable bearings beneath the main platform a and eXtendin up through anv opening in the platform, an the roller r1 in suitable bearings above the main platform a and the two rollers substantially in contact. The upper roller' receives paste or adhesive material vfrom a trough s above the same, which.

ltrough is supported from a bracket 81 -upon the'end 30 of the label holding devices, andthis roller r* is grooved for the guide-bars 35, the upright ends of which'are secured to the face of the labelreceiving devices; said bars serving above the platform u, and with it to form a channel for the lowermost label as advanced by the segment b2 holding the same in position. The roller r1 is upon a shaft r2 and is actuated by an endless band 36 which passes over a pulley7 on the end of the shaft 12 and over another pulley 37 on the power shaft al. I also provide a roller t in suitable bearings upon the under side of the main platform a and this roller is actuated by an endless band t1 extending around the pulleys respectively mounted upon the shafts of the rollers t r, (see Figs. 1 and 2.)

The operation of the device of myy improvement is as follows ,The cans or other articles to receive labels areforwarded to the labeling machine by the conveyer c and are delivered between the guides a1 a2. VThe cans or other receptacles are on one flat end with the opposite ilat end at the highest point and they are advanced between the said guides to the sliding pusher; the Aiirst of said cans coming against the fixed guide l a3. The devices hereinbefore described for actuating thesliding pusher move the same and the canin front of the pusher over the main platform a upon the circular revoluble lplatform 1I and the devices actuated by the cam e simultaneously connect the clutch members 2 and k1 and bringthe presser head 17 down upon top of the can to revolve the same. The labels from the superimposed pile 'of labels o are removed one at a time from the bottom of the pile by the spaced apart segments 02;' the label being advanced between the platform a. and the guide bars 35 and between the roller fr' and the paste roller r1 where the upper surface of the label M p receives a coat of adhesive material such as .paste The segments o2 are of any desired size and may be suiiiclent to remove the entire label from the bottom of the pile allld tie these arms but with the advancing edge of '1x1 the label brought over an arm n and roller from the level of the platform into a vertical position; this movement up-ends the label and the lower edge temporarily bears upon the pins 27 until these pins pass with the movement of the series of arms below the level of the platform when the label rests upon the platform upon its lower edge and between the armsbf the series and the upright rods 28. At the moment that the label with one side pasted is brought into this upright position the can-forwarding devices timed to correspond therewith have brou ht the can into osition upon the revoluble p atforiii z' and t e can as it. starts to revolve engages the advancin edge of the label and the label is moved orward between the can as held and revolved and one of the rollers nl, so that the label is at once pressed upon the outer cylindrical surface of the revolving can, the roller turning by and withthe revolving can. The parts are. further so timed that as soon as the can has revolved and been labeled, the rollers 16 lift the plat form z, disconnect the clutch members, stop the rotation of the platform aud simultaneously the resser-head 17 is lifted and the' next can Brought forward b the sliding pusher devices onto the plat orm, Ypushin olf the can just labeled. The second labe pasted upon the upper side is likewise rou ht into position and the next can la belet? like the first, and so on these movements are progressively continued; the labels being pasted and advanced and brought into position and the cans forwarded, labeled and removed. l

The rollers nl perform the special functions as particularly shown in Fig. 8, first of forming a rounded surfaceover which the label as pasted is drawn, and second, to press the label smoothly and firmly to the cylindrical body of the can.

I claim 'as my invention:

l.' In a can labeling machine and in combination, a conveyer for cans resting upon one end, guides and a platform upon which the cans are delivered and advanced, a stop for limitin the movement of the cans, a pusher device or taking a can at a time and revoluble devices receiving the can as delivered from the pusher on one end,l devices receiving labels in a superimposed pile, means for removing a label at a time from the bottom of the pile, means for pasting one side of the label and delivering t e same upon the surface of said platform, a shaft and series of revoluble arm devices in alinement mounted thereon, means for rotating said arm devices Ato .lift the pasted label from the platform and lup-end the same into a vertical position,

and means for pressing the advancing edge of the pasted label upon the vertical cylindrical surface of the'can during the iotation of the same to affix the label to the cans.

2. Iii a can labeling machine and in combination, a conveyer for cans resting upon one end, guides and a platform upon which the cans are delivered and advanced, a stop.

for limiting the movement of the cans, a-

pusher device for taking a can at a time and revoluble devices receiving the can as de livered from the pusher on one end, and an edgeuard -carried by a 'sliding pusher dcvice or holding back theadvancing cans until the return of the pusher, devices receiving labels ina superimposed pile, means for removing a label at a time lfrom the bottom of the pile, means for pasting one side of the label and delivering the same upon the surface of said platform, a shaft and series of revoluble devices in alinement mounted thereon, means for rotating said arm. devices to lift the pasted label from the platform and up-end the same into a vertical position, and means forv pressing the advancing edge of the pasted label upon the vertical cylindrical surface of the can during the rotation'- of the same to ailix the label to the cans.

3. In a. can labeling machine and in combination, a conveyer for cans resting upon one end, guides and a'platform upon whichQB one side of the label and delivering the saine` upon the surface of said platform, a shaft and series of revoluble arm devices in alinement mounted thereon, means for rotating said arm devicesV to lift the pasted label from the platform and up-end the same into a vertical position, and a series of rollers one upon each of the series of arms nearest the 'can-revolving devices over which the label is drawn and between which and the surface1 of the can the label is pressed. to adhesive cont-act with the body of the can and means for pressing the advancing edge ofthe pasted label upon the vertical cylindrical surface of the can during the rotation of the saine to aiiix the label to the cans.

4. In a can labeling machine and in combination, a conveyer for cans resting upon one end, guides and a platform upon which 'the cans are delivered and advanced, a stop for limiting the movement of the cans, .a pusher device for taking a can at a time and revoluble devices receiving the cans as delivered from the pusher on one end and v an edge-guard carried by the sliding pusher iio device for holding back the advancing cans Y until the return' of the pusher, devices re-4 ceiving'labels in a superimposed pile, means forl removing a label at a time from the bottom of thepile, means for pasting one side of the labei and delivering theysame upon the surface of said platform, a shaft p and series of revoluble arm devices in aline- 'power ment mounted thereon, means for rotating said arm devices to lift the pastedlabel from the lplatform and up-end the same into a vertica position, and a series'ofrollers, one upon each of the series of arms nearest the can revolving devices over `which the label isdrawn and. between which and the surface of the can the label is pressed to adhesive contact with the body of the can and means for pressing the' advancing edge of the pasted label upon the vertical cy1indrical surfaceof the can. during the rotation of the same to aix vthe labelto the cans.

- cans on .one end into position and a p atform sup orting said cans and guides, a power g a cam on said power` shaft, axed sup- 3 sha port, an arm pivoted thereto, a roller secured to said arm bearing iup-.m said ca'm, a spring for holding the .roller against the arm and moving the arm in one direction, a l sliding pusher adapted to move overthe surface of 'saidplatform and be guided by 'a slot therein, a link connected to said pusher device and the free end of said arm, whereby the usher device is moved in one direction by the cam and in the opposite direction by a ring. 5 v

l In a can labeling machine, the combination with devices for conveying and uiding cans on one end into position and a p atform.

sup orting said cans and guides, a power sha a cam on said power shaft, .a pusher device compris' a slidin -mem'ber and a member adjustab e therewit a base having a part coming up from a slot in the platform and means for adjustably connecting the base and the slidlng member, rollers upon opp-losite sides of the base coming against t e under side of the. platform means connected to the pusher device an actuated by the said cam in one direction ,and anzspring for actuating the same in the opposite direction..

l In a can labelm machine, the combination with conveyer evices, a platform and guides for delivering the cans upon the plat form upon one end, and pusher devices for taking the cans one at a time and moving the same from the guides, of revolubleldevices for receiving the can and supporting 'the same on one end, devices for clamping l the can in position and devices for rotating the can during the labeling operation.

9. In a can labeling machine, the combination with conveyer devices, a platform and guides for delivering the cans upon the platform upon one end, and pusher devices for taking the cans one ata time and moving the s ame from the guides, of a circular platform occupying a circular opening .in the main platform, a shaft carrying said pitl form, a memberlwith a clutch device mounted u onthe lower end of saidshaft, a shaft in a inement with the aforesaid shaft and bearings therefor, a member' of the clutchV device on the upper end of this shaft engaging the aforesaid clutch member,

means for actuating the lower shaft.

10. In a can labeling machine,- the combil nation with oonveyer devices, a platform and guidesfordelivering the cans upon the platform upon one end,'and pusher devices for taking the cans one at a time and moving the same from the guides, of a circular platform occupying a circular opening in the main platform, a shaft carrying said plat-` form, a member with a clutch device mounted upon the lower end of said shaft, a shaft in alinement with .the aforesaid shaft and bearings therefor, a member of the clutch device on the upper end of this shaft engaging the aforesaid clutch member, I Iins for actuating the lower shaft, means coming against the upper end of the can to prees the same into iirm contactwith the `revollvlble platform, means for raising the levoluble platform and its clutch member so as to scparate the clutch members, and other .e0-acting means'for raising the pressure device a receptacle for a series of superimposed, labels so that the labels are supported from the platform-1 and inclosed, of means for .engaging the lowermcst label of the pile and advancin the same, means for coating the upper si e of the label with adhesive material and .simultaneously advancing the same over the surface of 'said platform, series of arms moving` through the platform and by. which the label is elevated and overturned int-o a vertical position.

19 In a can labeling machine, the combinationwith a platform, of devices formin a receptacle for a series ofsuperim labels so that the labels ure supported from the platform and inclosed, of means for engnging the lowermost label of the pile and advancing the same, means for coating the responding positions aseries o f other arms alining therewith, a rbller and bearlngs therearms against which the lower edge of thel up r side of thelabel with adhesive materia and simultaneously advancing the same over-the surface oflsaldplatform, series of arms moving through the platform and by which the label is elevated and overturned into a vertical position, and pins upon said 'label rests while being up-ended and rods ceived in a vertical position.

secured to the platform and between which and the said arms-the up-ended ,label isre- 13. In a can labeling machine, the-.combi- -nation with a platform, of devices formin a receptacle for a series of superimpos labels so that the labels are supported from the said platform and inclosed, of spaced apart segmentsl and vmeans for revolving the same V and contacting with the under surface ofthe lowermost label o f the pile and removing the same and advancing the said label over thev surface of the platform, guide bars along which said label passes, a roller coming under the label and a roller for delivering adhesive material upon the' upper surface of the label coming between said roller for simultaneouslyA advancing the label and placing the adhesive material upon its upper surface, a shaft. and means for actuating l thesame, and a series of similar substantially radial arms mounted upon said shaft in corl for upon the outer faces of the latter of said series of arms and all of said arms moving -throu h slots in the main platform, whereby the la ls 'with an upper surface of adhesive material are raised rom a horizontal to a 'vertical position with their advancing end in ition to deliver the label upon the canto labeled'.

14. In a canlabeling machine,he combi-v nation with a platform, of devices formin a receptacle for a series of superimpos labels so thaty the label is supported from the said platform and inclosed, of spaced apart segmentsand means for revolvin `the same and contacting with the-under sur ace of theI lowermostlabel of the. pile and removing the same and advancing the said label over therefor' upon the outer faces of the latter of said series of armsand all of saidarms moving through slots in the main platform, whereby each label with an upper surface of for removing one' la in sition to deliver the label upon the can to labeled, and a roller placed intermediate in the length of the shaft carrying said series of arms for insuring the ro ession of the labels as surfaced with a hesive material. v l

15. In a can labeling machine, the combination with a power shaft and a cam thereon', of series of similar substantially radial arms and a. shaft upon which said arms are mounted in corresponding positions, a rocker arm and bearing therefor, a ratchet wheel on the shaft of said series of arms, a pawl rocker and spring actuated pawls also mounted upon said shaft and enga ing said ratchet wheel, and a link mount therein,

and the pawl with the rocker arm actuated by a cam,whereby progressive quarter'revolution movements are imparted to said shaft and series of arms. i l

16. In a can labeling machine andl in combination, a series of devices for positively receiving, gripping and revolving one can at a time, a platform, means for collectively conveying cans toward said platform and deliveringthe same thereon, means for positively feeding one can at a time to thesaid can receiving devices at predetermined intervals, a label receptac1e',' a series of means for removing one label at a time from said receptacle and for forwarding and simultaneously pasting the label on one side /th'ereof, and means coacting with a ycan in the revolution thereof 'for label to the surface of t same to adhere thereto.

17. In 'a can labeling machine andv in com- Y bination, a series of devices'for positively rethe pasted e can to cause the ceiving, gripping and revolving one can at a time, a platform, means for collectively conveying the cans toward the said platform,

and means for feeding-'one can at a time to Y the aforesaid receiving means and simulta neously maintaining the said cans in osition so that but one can at a time isv elivmeans for transferringthe. sa-id la l from' the aforesaid forwarding and pasting means to the labeling position, and means coacting with the can inthe revolution thereof for pressing the pasted label to thesurface of the can to cause the same to adhere thereto.

19. In a canl labeling machine and in combination, a platform, means for collectively conveyingA cans 'toward and-delivering the 93am? l '7 same upon said platform, means for y`1'eceiv l means to the labeling position, and rmeans ing a can, Ameans for positively feeding one can at a t1me to said can receiving means,

means for grping the said can after the same has reac ed the can receiving means, means for revolvmg the sald can recelving means, a label receptacle, means for remov- 'ing one label at a time therefrom and for forwarding and simultaneously pasting the l5 `label on one side thereof, means for transferring the label from the last aforesaid coact-ing with the can in the revolution thereof for pressing the pasted label against y the surface of the can to cause the same to 15 adhere thereto.'

Signed by me this 20th day of November GEORGE F, RUSS. Witnesses: 4

GEO. T.P INcKNEY, y l Y E. ZAHARIASEN. 

